clfrn

clfrn

Med-Surg - Neuro Science - Cardiac

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About clfrn

clfrn has 2 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg - Neuro Science - Cardiac.


I am married with 2 grown sons and 4 grandsons. Nursing is my second career and I love it, so don't let anyone tell you that you are too old to go back to school!!!

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  1. February 2018 Caption Contest - Win $100!

    That smell is either CDiff and we need to isolate or one of the nurse FINALLY got lunch in the cafeteria and they are serving pork and beans.
  2. What to expect MedSurg/Tele/Neuro Position?

    I work on a Med/Surg Neuro floor, I usually have 5 patients on a typical dayshift and maybe there are 6 patients scheduled for overnight. I left this floor about 2 1/2 years ago to work on a Med/Surg floor that had everything from Cardiac to GI Blee...
  3. MAR error

    I am not sure what you mean by signing out all your meds for the shift. Please explain this. I have never worked in a nursing home and don't know the procedure. Would this have been against procedure for the facility? I understand that you would h...
  4. Aneurysm Clipping Pro or Con

    Thanks mudd68, glad to hear all is well with your mom. This is a procedure we are now seeing done again after many years of neurosurgeons declining to do so. Thanks for the feedback.
  5. Aneurysm Clipping Pro or Con

    I would like to get feedback from other Neuro nurses who have taken care of patients that have had aneurysm clippings. I have had two patients over the last two weeks who had similar clippings and I have seen patients who were alert and oriented x 3...
  6. Death- your experiences

    I can't say I am comfortable with death. I work with alot of the older population and deal with strokes and brain injury or tumors. I can say that my opinion on DNR-DNI has changed over the years. I now believe in quality of life over quantity. I...
  7. 7th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    REALLY? He thinks he can scare me?? I'M A NURSE!!
  8. Has Nursing hardened you?

    I have read the different replies & all I can say is, I think this little student came into nursing with stars in her eyes, thoughts of saving the world and wearing cute little scrubs. I work at a teaching hospital & am always happy to help ...
  9. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    No you don't always get the assignments with the most difficult patients. No one else seems to struggle with these patients, so give some thought as to why you find them so difficult. ;-)
  10. Why such high new RN turnover?

    I was an older grad so I didn't have any unreasonable expectations as to what I was getting myself into when went into nursing. I have since seen alot of new younger grads who went straight into nursing from high school burn out quick. They complai...
  11. 2nd Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

    Joe thought he had reached Heaven and then discovered it was just a doctor with a God complex.
  12. 1st Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

    Maybe if he was neutered he wouldn't bark out so many orders & it wouldn't be so embarrassing how he greets the patients, cuz we are getting complaints on his cold nose.
  13. What's it like working on neurology unit?

    Recently moved from telemetry to neuro floor. I agree it is predictable unit. You know what you are going to do before that patient arrives. Frequent neuro checks but you can get a variety of neurological diagnosis. Report paper I made up is prett...
  14. what would you do in this situation?

    I agree that if you feel uncomfortable with the dosage of ANY medication, you need to check with the patient, check the computer and see if this is the patients norm, and you can always double the order with the doctor. Always follow the your gut.
  15. Dehydration and PEG tubes

    I agree that people not following protocol and doing proper flushes before and after is a problem and not crushing meds fine is another. The free water flushes are very important. I get Peg tubes every once and awhile and when these people come from...